At common law, material which would deter a witness from coming forward to give evidence is capable of constituting contempt of court.
Citations:
[1898] 14 TLR 241
Cited by:
Cited – HM Attorney General v MGN Ltd and Another Admn 29-Jul-2011
The police arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of a young woman. He was later released and exonerated, and a second man arrested and later convicted. Whilst the first was in custody the two defendant newspapers, the Daily Mirror and the Sun . .
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Contempt of Court
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.442510